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author | psychocrypt <psychocrypt@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-10-24 21:18:53 +0200 |
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committer | psychocrypt <psychocrypt@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-10-27 20:12:01 +0200 |
commit | 77666c74f2facb0a46b089aab98e324110d33cdd (patch) | |
tree | c40a49b745e75371eca29c05e268e822b98be981 | |
parent | b0bb9579bb18088a4430e5b2467fe89b21c69169 (diff) | |
download | xmr-stak-77666c74f2facb0a46b089aab98e324110d33cdd.zip xmr-stak-77666c74f2facb0a46b089aab98e324110d33cdd.tar.gz |
update documentation
- add CMake flag description
- announce Monero and Aeon in README.md
i add FAQ section
-rw-r--r-- | README.md | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/FAQ.md | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/compile.md | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/usage.md | 3 |
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -# XMR-Stak - Monero All-in-One Mining Software +# XMR-Stak - Monero/Aeon All-in-One Mining Software -XMR-Stak is a universal Stratum pool miner. This miner supports CPUs, AMD and NVIDIA gpus. +XMR-Stak is a universal Stratum pool miner. This miner supports CPUs, AMD and NVIDIA gpus and can be used to mine the crypto currency Monero and Aeon. ## HTML reports <img src="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/fireice-uk/2da301131ac01695ff79539a27b81d68/raw/4c09cdeee86f94df2e9dd86b927e64aded6184f5/xmr-stak-cpu-hashrate.png" width="260"> <img src="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/fireice-uk/2da301131ac01695ff79539a27b81d68/raw/4c09cdeee86f94df2e9dd86b927e64aded6184f5/xmr-stak-cpu-results.png" width="260"> <img src="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/fireice-uk/2da301131ac01695ff79539a27b81d68/raw/4c09cdeee86f94df2e9dd86b927e64aded6184f5/xmr-stak-cpu-connection.png" width="260"> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ XMR-Stak is a universal Stratum pool miner. This miner supports CPUs, AMD and NV - support all common backends (CPU/x86, AMD-GPU and NVIDIA-GPU) - support all common OS (Linux, Windows and MacOS) +- supports algorithm cryptonight for Monero (XMR) and cryptonight-light (AEON) - easy to use - guided start (no need to edit a config file for the first start) - auto configuration for each backend @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ * [Error: MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed](#error-memory-alloc-failed-mmap-failed) * [Illegal instruction (core dumped)](#illegal-instruction) * [Virus Protection Alert](#virus-protection-alert) +* [Change Currency to Mine](#change-currency-to-mine) ## SeLockMemoryPrivilege failed @@ -59,3 +60,9 @@ Some Virus protection software flag the miner binary as *Male Ware*. In this case the binary is moved to the quarantine area of the protection software. This is a wrong alert and not avoid by use. Add the binary to to protection software white list to solve this issue.s + +## Change Currency to Mine + +If the miner is compiled for Monero and Aeon than you can change + - the value `currency` in the config *or* + - start the miner with the [command line option](usage.md) `--currency xmr` or `--currency aeon` diff --git a/doc/compile.md b/doc/compile.md index 248d6d9..a094d55 100644 --- a/doc/compile.md +++ b/doc/compile.md @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ After the configuration you need to compile the miner, follow the guide for your - `WIN_UAC` will enable or disable the "Run As Administrator" prompt on Windows. - UAC confirmation is needed to use large pages on Windows 7. - On Windows 10 it is only needed once to set up the account to use them. +- `XMR-STAK_CURRENCY` - compile for Monero(xmr) or Aeon(aeon) usage only e.g. `cmake .. -DXMR-STAK_CURRENCY=xmr` ## CPU Build Options diff --git a/doc/usage.md b/doc/usage.md index 42a29fd..226a3f1 100644 --- a/doc/usage.md +++ b/doc/usage.md @@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ The miner allow to overwrite some of the settings via command line options. ``` Usage: xmr-stak [OPTION]... - -c, --config FILE common miner configuration file -h, --help show this help + -c, --config FILE common miner configuration file + --currency NAME currency to mine: xmr or aeon --noCPU disable the CPU miner backend --cpu FILE CPU backend miner config file --noAMD disable the AMD miner backend |